FMC: President Obama Could Verify Achievements of Cuban Women

The official visit to Cuba by U.S. President, Barack Obama, will be an opportunity to show the achievements of the Caribbean island''s women, the Cuban Women Federation (FMC) stated today. The women organization said in a statement that, "they, on behalf of all our people, will receive U.S. President, Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, with the hospitality and dignity by which we are characterized, in the context of their stay on the island between March 20-22."

The non-governmental organization of the Cuban - which has consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council - also stated that the US President's visit is part of the complex process started in 2014 to achieve the normalization of ties between the Cuban and U.S. governments.

"This event will be an opportunity to show what we have achieved in terms of gender equality and the role women have reached in the political, economic, cultural and social life in Cuba," the FMC statement says.

The FMC, is an organization that brings together about 90 percent of women over 14 years of age on the island.